#aa5ebe

Color #aa5ebe

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 14.4 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#aa5ebe

RGB

rgb(170, 94, 190)

HSL

hsl(287.5, 42.5%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287.5, 50.5%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.5%, 50.5%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(52.14, 46.24, -37.88)

LCH

lch(52.14, 59.77, 320.68)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.16, 318.98)

HWB

hwb(287.5, 36.9%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#72be5e

Analogous

#7a5ebe

#aa5ebe

#be5ea2

Triadic

#aa5ebe

#beaa5e

#5ebeaa

Split-complementary

#aa5ebe

#a2be5e

#5ebe7a

Tetradic

#aa5ebe

#be5e72

#72be5e

#5ebeaa

Square

#aa5ebe

#be7a5e

#72be5e

#5ea2be

Shades

Color #aa5ebe mixed toward black.

#9444a9

#763687

#592965

#3b1b43

#1e0e22

Tints

Color #aa5ebe mixed toward white.

#b879c9

#c694d4

#d5afdf

#e3c9e9

#f1e4f4

Tones

Color #aa5ebe mixed toward gray.

#a566b6

#a16eae

#9c76a6

#977e9e

#938696

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fad · ΔE 19.2

Deuteranopia

#9398a8 · ΔE 22.2

Tritanopia

#a79e9a · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 25.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa5ebe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa5ebe]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#aa5ebe (#aa5ebe) is rgb(170, 94, 190) in RGB.

No, #aa5ebe is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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